A Medway man with a machete charged at three teens on Friday after they found him breaking into a car, they told police.

Maximilian Wiggin, 20, was arrested Friday around 10:20 p.m., police said in a release.

Around 10 p.m., three teens “in an obvious excited state,” walked up to Sgt. Brian Ingham near the football field at 75 West St. and told him that a man armed with a long knife or a sword had assaulted them.

The teens, who are all younger than 18, said they were fishing nearby when they heard some rustling right before they heard the sound of breaking glass from near where they parked, the release said.

The teens went to check out the noise and discovered a man, later identified as Wiggin, reaching into a vehicle.

“The suspect, upon seeing the teens, raised a large bladed object and ran towards them causing them to scatter,” the release said.

When the teens ran, the man ran in a different direction, the release said.

Natick Police, along with a state police dog and trooper, began searching the area.

Within a few minutes, Wiggin walked to Officer Chris Dimodica who had remained with the victims. Dimodica arrested Wiggin.

Wiggin, of 10 Brigham St., is charged with three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon (machete), breaking and entering into a vehicle and malicious and wanton damage to property.

Police found a machete with a 22-inch long blade yesterday near the entrance of the William Chase Arena, 35 Windsor Ave.

Wiggin is being held at the Natick Police Station on $500 bail. If he is not bailed out, he will be arraigned tomorrow in Framingham District Court.

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